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RIDDLE QUESTION
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS ? "DKI"
A CRAZY, MIXED UP KID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; SHIPLE HALL DESK
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-23-1971
WHAT'D YA DO DISCOVER AMERICA?
Submitter comment:
USED TO GET BACK AT A PERSON WHEN THE PERSON ACTS AS THOUGH HE
IS THE GREATEST PERSON ALIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; SOUTH QUAD
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
GOOD LUCK CHARM
MY GRANDFATHER HAD A LITTLE HEART
MADE OUT OF CLOTH. IT WAS FILLED WITH A
WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF HERBS.
HE USED TO PIN THIS CLOTH HEART TO HIS UNDER-SHIRT
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; SOUTH QUAD
Keyword(s): SCAPULAR ; UNDERWEAR
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
GOOD LUCK CHARM
BEFORE SURGERY, A PATIENT, (AN OLD LADY),
PINNED A ONE DOLLAR BILL TO HER UNDERWEAR FOR GOOD
LUCK AND A SPEEDY RECOVERY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; SOUTH QUAD
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
VOCABULARY OF A SPECIAL GROUP
THERE IS A HILLBILLY IN FLINT WHO ALWAYS SAYS,
"SANG NABIT," INSTEAD OF CUSSING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; SOUTH QUAD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
Cinderella
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLOW
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
AFTER AN AMBULANCE GOES PAST YOU, MAKE THE SIGN OF
THE CROSS TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST BEING THE NEXT
ONE IN THE AMBULANCE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TAUGHT AS A SMALL BOY TO DO THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LANSING-REILLY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Conversions P883.22 |
Date learned: 10-06-1970
IF YOU WEAR A SCAPULAR AROUND YOUR NECK AND DIE WITH
IT ON, YOU WILL GO DIRECTLY TO HEAVEN. HOWEVER,
A STORY TOLD BY AN ELEMENTARY NUN GOES, A COUPLE
WAS IN A CAR NECKING AND PETTING; THEY BOTH HAD
SCAPULARS; ON THE WAY HOME, THE BOY HAD AN
ACCIDENT, IN WHICH HIS HEAD WAS SEVERED FROM HIS
BODY AND THE SCAPULAR WAS HANGING ON A TREE, THIS
INFERRING THAT HE WENT STRAIGHT TO HELL.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD BY A NUN AS A WARNING TO HER STUDENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LANSING-REILLY
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET ; BELIEF TALE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-06-1970
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GRAFFITO
RICK-RACK,
SPUNK AND TACKLE
AND PEPPEMIN + SASS.
ZIPPER, SPARK, AND CRACKLE,
ELASTIC DASH.
CRASH AND RAZZLE-DAZZLE
NEVER-SAY-DIE
KANGAROO
TO YOU, TOO.
Submitter comment: FROM COMMERCE AND FINANCE BUILDING DESKTOP, WRITTEN IN RED INK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 11-14-1979
HOW MICHIGAN CAME TO BE (INDIAN LEGEND)
THE GREAT SPIRIT IN THE SKY WAS MAKING THE WORLD AND ONE DAY
HE GOT TIRED AND PUT HIS HAND DOWN ON THE EARTH AND THAT
IS HOW MICHIGAN WAS FORMED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): GEOGRAPHY ; LAND FORMATION ; MICHIGAN ; MYTH ; SPIRIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Universe |
Date learned: 04-01-1970
ARABIAN MAXIM:
THE GOD SAYS: 'WORK HARD AND I WILL HELP YOU.'
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
WELLERISM
OURS WAS THE GROUP THAT HAD 35 % MORE CAVITIES
HE SAID CRESTFALLEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
PROVERBIAL MAXIM
THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFE TIME MUST BE SEIZED WITHIN THE LIFE
TIME OF THE OPPORTUNITY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
THE ONLY VICTORY THAT IS LASTING AND BRINGS NO EVIL RESULTS IS THE
VICTORY OVER HIMSELF. NAPOLEON
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD INDICATES THAT THIS IS A QUOTE FROM NAPOLEON
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
WELLERISM
ONLY SEVEN MORE DAYS DICK SAID WEEKLY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 01-00-1972
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONE TODAY IS WORTH TWO TOMORROWS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-21-1968
PROVERB
OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE THEY JUST SLOWLY FADE AWAY
Submitter comment: HEARD IT ON TV ABOUT MCARTHUR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1967